Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Best First Book

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The Commonwealth Foundation established the Commonwealth Writers Prize in 1987 to encourage and reward the upsurge of new Commonwealth fiction and ensure that works of merit reach a wider audience outside their country of origin.

  1. 1989
    Women of Influence (McCourt Fiction Series)
    by Bonnie Burnard

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  2. 1990
    Visitors
    by John Cranna

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  3. 1991
    Shape-shifter
    by Pauline Melville

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  4. 1992
    ?
    Divina Trace
    by Robert Antoni

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  5. 1993
    ?
    The Thousand Faces of Night
    by Githa Hariharan

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  6. 1994
    ?
    The Case of Emily V.
    by Keith Oatley

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  7. 1995
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    Seasonal Adjustments
    by Adib Khan

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  8. 1996
    Red Earth and Pouring Rain: A Novel
    by Vikram Chandra

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  9. 1997
    Fall On Your Knees (Oprah's Book Club)
    by Ann-Marie MacDonald

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  10. 1998
    Angel Falls
    by Tim Wynveen

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  11. 1999
    The Electrical Field: A Novel
    by Kerri Sakamoto

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  12. 2000
    Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain
    by Jeffrey Moore

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  13. 2001
    White Teeth: A Novel
    by Zadie Smith

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  14. 2002
    Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade
    by Manu Herbstein

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  15. 2003
    Haweswater
    by Sarah Hall

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  16. 2004
    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
    by Mark Haddon

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  17. 2005
    Purple Hibiscus: A Novel
    by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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  18. 2006
    Suspended Sentences: Fictions of Atonement
    by Mark McWatt

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  19. 2007
    Vandal Love
    by D. Y. Bechard

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